Fired For Being Gay: New Missouri Website Promotes Nondiscrimination Bills, GOP Support

LGBT advocates in Missouri launched a website today designed to promote anti-discrimination bills at the legislature -- and the support these proposals are now getting from a select group of Republican lawmakers.

The proposals in question are House Bill 615 and Senate Bill 96. If passed, these measures would formally prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations. Ten Missouri cities have these kinds of ordinances in place and 21 states across the country have passed similar laws.

The concept has been introduced for several years in Missouri, but this is the first time it's getting noteworthy Republican support, Nicholson says.

Termination should be only based on poor job performance and rule/law violations. You should read up on the Story when Time Magazine Fired Jack Griffin for being Christian. Time basically stated he didn't mix well with the rest of the editorial board. No outrage here, so sad.

Aside from being the right thing to do, If Missouri wants to get any of the major companies to locate/relocate there, they need to pass this. Most of the most successful US businesses (google, amz, apple, Deere, etc) have no -discrimination policies are are promoting equal rights for gay workers and even backing gay marriage as good business. It would send a message that Missouri is not quite as backwards as some recent press stories make it seem.